SIL Translator’s Notes on Amos 4:10

4:10a “I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt;

“I brought plagues to you (plur.) like I brought ⌊plagues⌋ to Egypt.
-or-
“I made/caused disasters to come to you in the same way I did to Egypt.

4:10b I killed your young men with the sword,

I killed your (plur.) young men in war,
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I sent/caused your young men to be killed in battle.

4:10c along with your captured horses.

together with your (plur.) horses ⌊that the enemy⌋ captured.
-or-
And I caused their horses to be caught.

4:10d I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp,

I filled your (plur.) noses with the bad stink of ⌊decaying bodies⌋ in your (plur.) camps.
-or-
I filled your (plur.) battle camps with a bad smell ⌊from the rotting bodies of your (plur.) young men⌋ .

4:10e yet you did not return to Me,”

However, you (plur.) did not come back to me,”
-or-
But still you (plur.) rejected me.”

4:10f declares the LORD.

says Yahweh.
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That is what Yahweh said.

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